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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details 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 topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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