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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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