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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also reviews 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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