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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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