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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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