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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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