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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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