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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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