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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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