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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the most important 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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