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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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