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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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