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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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