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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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