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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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