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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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