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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology enable students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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