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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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