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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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