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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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