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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are considering today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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