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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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