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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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