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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and 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 we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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