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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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