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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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