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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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