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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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