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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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