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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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