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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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