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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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