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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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