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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models 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 teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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