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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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