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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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