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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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