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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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