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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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