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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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