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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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