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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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