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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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