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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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