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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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