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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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