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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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