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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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