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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to understand these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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