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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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