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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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