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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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