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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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