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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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