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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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