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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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