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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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