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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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