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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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