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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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