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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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