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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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