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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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