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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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