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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses 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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