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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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