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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Trainers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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