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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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