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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education