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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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