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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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