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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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