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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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