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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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