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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to understand these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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