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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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