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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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