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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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