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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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