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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. 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. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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