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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education