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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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