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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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