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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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