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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies 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 teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational initiatives. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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