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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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