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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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