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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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