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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What 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 we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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