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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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