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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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