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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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