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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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