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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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