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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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