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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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