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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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