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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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