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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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