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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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