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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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