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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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