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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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