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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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