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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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