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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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