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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the intriguing 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 interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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