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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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