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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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