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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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