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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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