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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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