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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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