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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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