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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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