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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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