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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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