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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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