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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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