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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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