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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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