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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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