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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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