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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses 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 massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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