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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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