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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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