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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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