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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand 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 subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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