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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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