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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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