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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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