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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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