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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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