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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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