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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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