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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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