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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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