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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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