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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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