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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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