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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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