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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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