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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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