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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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