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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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