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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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