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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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