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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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