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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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