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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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