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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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