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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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