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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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