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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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