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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning enable learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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