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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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