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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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