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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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