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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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