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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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