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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open educational ventures. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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