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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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