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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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