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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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