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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about 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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