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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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