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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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