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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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