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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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