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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important 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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