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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take 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. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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