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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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