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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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