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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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