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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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