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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also researches 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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