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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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