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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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