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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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