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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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