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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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