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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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