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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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