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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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