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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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