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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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