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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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