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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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