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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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