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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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