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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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