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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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