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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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