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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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