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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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