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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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