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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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