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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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