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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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