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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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