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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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