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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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