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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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