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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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