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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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