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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers 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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