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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses 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. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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