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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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