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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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