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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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