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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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