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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business 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 handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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