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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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