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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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