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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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