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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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