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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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