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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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