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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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