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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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