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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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