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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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