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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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