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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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