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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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