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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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