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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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