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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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