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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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