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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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