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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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