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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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