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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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