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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important 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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