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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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