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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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