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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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