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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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