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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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