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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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