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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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