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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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