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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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