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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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