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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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