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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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