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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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