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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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