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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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