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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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