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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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