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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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