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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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