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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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