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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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