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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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