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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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