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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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