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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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