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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches 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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