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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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