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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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