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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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