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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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