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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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