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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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