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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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