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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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