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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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