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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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