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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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