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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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