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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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