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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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