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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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