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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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