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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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