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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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