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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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