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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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