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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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