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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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