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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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