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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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