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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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