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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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