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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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