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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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