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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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