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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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