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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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