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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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