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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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