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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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