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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend these important new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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