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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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