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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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