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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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