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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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