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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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