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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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