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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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