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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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