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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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