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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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