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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about 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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