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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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