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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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