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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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