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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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