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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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