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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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