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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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