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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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