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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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