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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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