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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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