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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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