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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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