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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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