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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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