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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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