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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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