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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates 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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