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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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