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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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