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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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