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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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