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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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