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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education undertakings. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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