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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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