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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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