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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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