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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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