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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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