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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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