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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are free 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 several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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