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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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