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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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