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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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