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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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