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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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