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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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