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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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