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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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