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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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