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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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