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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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