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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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