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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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