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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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