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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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