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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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