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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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