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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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