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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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