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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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