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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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