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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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