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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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