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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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