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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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