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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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