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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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