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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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