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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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