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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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