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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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