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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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