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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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