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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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