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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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