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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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