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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology enable students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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