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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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