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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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