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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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