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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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