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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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