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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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