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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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