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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies 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 deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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