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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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