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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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