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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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