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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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