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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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