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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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