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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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