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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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