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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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