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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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