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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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