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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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