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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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