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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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