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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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