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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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