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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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