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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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