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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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