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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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