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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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