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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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