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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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