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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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