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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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