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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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