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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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