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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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