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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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