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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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