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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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