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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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