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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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