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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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