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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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