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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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