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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates 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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