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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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