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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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