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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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