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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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