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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business 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 handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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