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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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