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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key 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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