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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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