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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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