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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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