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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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