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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the key 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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