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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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