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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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