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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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