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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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