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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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