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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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