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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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