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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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