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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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