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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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