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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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