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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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