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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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