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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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