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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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