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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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