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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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