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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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