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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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