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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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