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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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