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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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