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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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