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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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