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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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