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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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