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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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