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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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