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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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