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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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