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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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