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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning enable learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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