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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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