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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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