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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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