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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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