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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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