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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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