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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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