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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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