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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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