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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning enable learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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