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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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