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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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