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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations 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 teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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