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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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