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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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