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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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