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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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