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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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