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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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