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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we 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 original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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