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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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