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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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