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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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