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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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