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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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