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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers 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 evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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