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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ukraine to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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