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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently 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 elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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