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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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