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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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