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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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