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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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