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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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