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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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