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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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