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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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