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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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