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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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