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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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