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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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