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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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