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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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