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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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