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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning enable humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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