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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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