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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business 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 we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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