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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education enable students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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