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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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