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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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